Is one else finding that it's extremely hard to get Bludgeon to hold his swords? Peaugh had said in his review that they took force to get into place but mine feels too tight. There are even marks left on the handles by Bludgeon's hands.

The short sword on mine is no problem, but the long sword is a BITCH to snap into place. I kept looking for a hinge or something on his knuckles to allow for easier handling, but no such luck. Ah well, he's gonna be staying mostly in robot mode anyway, I already have an Abrams tank in '07 Brawl.

In order to avoid this problem, I don't make my Bludgeon hold his katana with a 'complete', full-handed grip. All I do is push the barest minimum of the handle into one of his hands - one that allows for a fairly secure hold while also permitting easy removal.

While we're on the subject of Bludgeon's swords, I've encountered a different problem. The katana on mine has a handle that isn't completely straight; it has a slight left-leaning curve to it, assuming Bludgeon is in tank mode and the gun barrel/katana handle is pointing at me, left being my left. Does anyone else have such an issue with their Bludgeon? If so, how do I correct this?

The short sword on mine is no problem, but the long sword is a BITCH to snap into place. I kept looking for a hinge or something on his knuckles to allow for easier handling, but no such luck. Ah well, he's gonna be staying mostly in robot mode anyway, I already have an Abrams tank in '07 Brawl.

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Bludgeon is not M1 Abrams. It looks like a cross between a British Centurion and a Japanese Type-90.

In order to avoid this problem, I don't make my Bludgeon hold his katana with a 'complete', full-handed grip. All I do is push the barest minimum of the handle into one of his hands - one that allows for a fairly secure hold while also permitting easy removal.

While we're on the subject of Bludgeon's swords, I've encountered a different problem. The katana on mine has a handle that isn't completely straight; it has a slight left-leaning curve to it, assuming Bludgeon is in tank mode and the gun barrel/katana handle is pointing at me, left being my left. Does anyone else have such an issue with their Bludgeon? If so, how do I correct this?

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The common household hair dryer is the best cure I have found for situations like this. Basically shoot some hot air at the sword for a few minutes, and the sword should return to the natural "unbent" shape.

As an aside, a hair dryer will also remove most stress marks in plastic...it just takes a little longer.

The katana on mine has a handle that isn't completely straight; it has a slight left-leaning curve to it, assuming Bludgeon is in tank mode and the gun barrel/katana handle is pointing at me, left being my left. Does anyone else have such an issue with their Bludgeon? If so, how do I correct this?

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Heat it up and bend to preferred shape. Not with an open flame though. A fan heater or even hot tap water could do the trick depending on the thickness and material.

Heat it up and bend to preferred shape. Not with an open flame though. A fan heater or even hot tap water could do the trick depending on the thickness and material.

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MOTU fans boil the water to the boiling point, put a weapon in it until it straightens itself or until it becomes maleable so they can shape it, and then put the part in the freezer. It works in about 95% of such cases.

Update: no go. I've tried the heating/cooling procedure four times now, twice with hot water, twice with a hairdryer. The thing ends up fairly straight for a short while after cooling, but regains its curvature about three or four hours later. It's frustrating. Perhaps there's something I'm not doing right, in which case I'd really, really appreciate it if one of you people were kind enough to teach me your method step-by-step, including heating/cooling durations, whether I need to constantly apply shaping force during cooling, etc.

yeah, the extension is the samurai sword, one of the headaches of this project was the weapons, poorly packaged in the box, because the longer sword was in the barrel, it will come wobbly and bent. I fixed that by soaking it in realllly hot water, straightening it out, then dropping it in cold water. Same goes with the gun on the top of the turret, the poor packaging causes it to bend downwards, by the time it gets opened, it will stay like that unless heated straight.